Some really well written scenes in the last ep. The jailhouse scene was unbelievably well done. And Jimmyy is becoming one of my favorite characters ever. The scene with him pitching Rothstein was great. Kid is a good actor.

Great freaking episode last night - several awesome moments, especially when Nucky lured the info out of his less refined brother and then told him to go eff himself.

And then brother taking a wrench to that dude's neck and head.

And then Darmody and half-face scalping that old guy at the end. My God.

Nucky getting in too deep with the AG and his cronies, but also potentially regaining enough political strength to strike back at Capone and Chicago. Darmody going all in on his power surge. The Commodore all vegged out and his financial backers up in arms (scapling not likely to help that). Story lines are outstanding. Season two has been really, really good so far.

"It's like dating a woman who hates you so much she will never break up with you, even if you burn down the house every single autumn." ~ Chuck Klosterman on Browns fans relationship with the Browns

I agree, this season has been fantastic. That was some really fucking graphic violence. You know Harrow has feelings for Darmody's wife, which could be interesting. Great writing, great dialogue, great actors, great show.

The show does go in a bunch of different directions and introduce a lot of characters, but for my money, they do a helluva job with it. The maid storyline ... yeah, it's lame, but they're trying to establish Mrs. Nucky's evolution from a battered wife to one that is managing a household, staff, and dealing with the Carmela Soprano guilt of being a mafia-wife. I get what they're doing there, and don't feel the criticism is valid.

To me, the story lines have been incredibly compelling in season two. I like that there's a lot going on, because all the storylines are keeping me interested, and they involve a very diverse, well casted set of characters that have been well-developed despite the fact there's a lot of them.

Plus - how often do you see one of these shows that is better in season two that season one?

Love the way this show is going.

"It's like dating a woman who hates you so much she will never break up with you, even if you burn down the house every single autumn." ~ Chuck Klosterman on Browns fans relationship with the Browns

Have to agree with Rich. What easily could have been the downfall of the show (way too many goddamn characters) is actually looking like a strength. They have balanced out the screen time for those 85 characters (a shocking number of whom are actually fascinating) well enough that the show entertains every week without bogging us down exclusively in Nucky the Kingpin and his gangster adventures.

Yeah, I like that there are a lot of characters and seemingly a million things going on at once. If they can let the chaos go and amplify it while keeping it interesting, there will be great potential for some huge payoffs if they are able to tie everything up.

e0y's right, this is good, not great...right now. But I feel like I can see the potential simmering just below the surface.

I was just happy for e0 that the the Mrs Nucky storyline finally bore fruit for him when she boned the Irishman.

The scene where Capone and Eli peer pressured Jimmy into ordering the hit on Nucky was great. As should be the next couple episodes w Jimmy calling him out right before the attempted hit was botched by that fed that was tailing him.

And the weird sexual tension b/w Jimmy and his hot mom just gets weirder each week.

"It's like dating a woman who hates you so much she will never break up with you, even if you burn down the house every single autumn." ~ Chuck Klosterman on Browns fans relationship with the Browns

FYI: Winter is the show creator/lead and was a Soprano's writer. His obvious shitty attempt to recreate that show is one of the reasons it annoys me. He has such a great cast and so much to work with that he needs to forget his past and show some fucking creativity.

I knew that prick was in over his head. You rip a dangerous man off and then try to have him killed? Too bad it was his wife and her lover that paid. I enjoy seeing Eli get his too. He's such a fuckup and fake tough guy, I'm glad O'Halloran is flipping on him.

My guess is that Jimmy shoots up the H Luciano and Laskey gave him and ends up totally screwed up...

Badly enough that he ends up needing Nucky to help him, and they patch things up.

Can't see the court case being resolved in the next two weeks, though. I think that carries over to next season.

All told, it's still a solid show. Not as good as Homeland, but much better than Dexter, which totally pissed me off this week with it's Lamest "Shocking Twist" Ever. The whole Gellar isn't real bit was obvious to everyone from the second show on.

mitch wrote:My guess is that Jimmy shoots up the H Luciano and Laskey gave him and ends up totally screwed up...

Badly enough that he ends up needing Nucky to help him, and they patch things up.

Can't see the court case being resolved in the next two weeks, though. I think that carries over to next season.

All told, it's still a solid show. Not as good as Homeland, but much better than Dexter, which totally pissed me off this week with it's Lamest "Shocking Twist" Ever. The whole Gellar isn't real bit was obvious to everyone from the second show on.

Agree with every word of that.

"It's like dating a woman who hates you so much she will never break up with you, even if you burn down the house every single autumn." ~ Chuck Klosterman on Browns fans relationship with the Browns

Well..... that's not how I expected it to end. I honestly thought Nucky might have popped Eli at the end over Darmody with Owen killing Manny. The show lost a little bit of steam near the end, but the finale was excellent, no Soprano like cliff hangers. I really like both William Fortsythe and Dominic Chianese on the show. Margaret fucking Nucky over with the deed was pretty obvious, but I didn't expect her to give it to the church, I thought maybe she would keep it and split.

Erie Warrior wrote: The H angle for next season is interesting, who's the first one to get strung out?

I'm going to say Richard Harrow, he really doesn't have anywhere to go. I assume they'll give him some kind of revenge angle for Jimmy's death..... leaving some bodies in the wake, and I bet he kills Eli. Van Alden would make a interesting junkie too.